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A divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial in the controversial murder case against Richard Lapointe, concluding that the mentally disabled dishwasher was denied evidence supporting his innocence when he was tried and convicted a quarter century ago for the rape and murder of his then-wife's 88-year old grandmother. The 4-2 decision, written for the majority by Justice Richard N. Palmer, is certain to renew calls for the now 69-year old Lapointe's release. He has been imprisoned continuously since his conviction for rape, capital murder and other crimes in 1992. He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. "We obviously are delighted with the...

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A divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial in the controversial murder case against Richard Lapointe, concluding that the mentally disabled dishwasher was denied evidence supporting his innocence when he was tried and convicted a quarter...

MILFORD — A lawyer for the student who admitted fatally stabbing a female classmate inside a stairwell at Jonathan Law High School last April said Tuesday that "certain behaviors" his client displayed at the time of the crime were serious enough...

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft marched into courtroom 7 at the Fall River Justice Center Tuesday and told jurors that two days after Odin Lloyd was found dead, former tight end Aaron Hernandez looked him in the eye and told...

MILFORD — A 17-year-old Connecticut youth charged with stabbing a classmate to death in school on their prom day intends to use an insanity defense, his lawyer said Monday.
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FALL RIVER, Mass. — Aaron Hernandez's fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, drove her sister out of the courtroom in tears and caused prosecutors to question her honesty Monday during testimony in which she claimed to have no recollection of what she did with a...

FALL RIVER, Mass. — Aaron Hernandez stared intently at the witness stand Friday as his fiancée described requests he made of her in the days after Odin Lloyd was killed — to remove a box from their home in secret and to deliver cash to a friend who...

NEW HAVEN — A Guilford man renowned for his ability to repair, restore and sell some of the finest stringed instruments ever made received an eight-year suspended sentence and three years of probation in Superior Court Thursday after he repaid nearly...

HARTFORD — Kevin Cales was killed in prison in 2008 by a fellow inmate — a cousin of one of five young people who died in car crash in Berlin in 2006 that Cales caused while chasing his ex-girlfriend's car at speeds over 100 mph an hour.Cales' family...

FALL RIVER, Mass. – Aaron Hernandez's fiancee, who prosecutors say helped to conceal the murder of Odin Lloyd, is expected to take the witness stand Friday at Hernandez's murder trial, according to The Associated Press.Shayanna Jenkins, 25, is Hernandez's...

HARTFORD — A 43-year-old South Windsor man charged in the brutal rape of an exotic dancer in East Windsor last month will be prosecuted as a persistent sexual offender, a prosecutor said Tuesday in Superior Court in Hartford.
Assistant State's Attorney...

HARTFORD — In a case regarding a fired UBS worker, state Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard arguments that pit the prerogative of company officials to discipline their employees against a whistle-blower's ability to bring corporate wrongdoing to...

HARTFORD — An error by the claims commissioner threatens to further delay a father's $20 million wrongful-death action against child-protection officials in the 2011 abuse death of his 3-year-old daughter — a case of missed danger signs that is widely...

NEW HAVEN — Congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison and five more of home confinement for concealing the paid position that her disgraced political mentor, former Gov. John G. Rowland, played in her 2012...

FALL RIVER, Mass. — A Bristol, Conn. cousin of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez testified in detail Tuesday about the crazy, erratic, PCP-induced behavior of the two other men charged with murder in the 2013 Odin Lloyd homicide, but...

MIDDLETOWN — An East Hampton man pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the 2012 death of his girlfriend, a plea deal struck in order to avoid a potential murder conviction.Anthony Garofalo, 42, faces the possibility of 25...

MIDDLETOWN — One of the five Wesleyan University students charged with drug offenses as a result of an investigation into a series of overdoses on campus Feb. 21 and Feb. 22 pleaded not guilty to the charges in court Tuesday.Rama Agha al-Nakib, charged...

One-time congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley said in federal court Tuesday that nothing had prepared her for the ugliness of politics. She was sentenced to five months in prison for being part of the problem.Ms. Wilson-Foley of Simsbury had...

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FALL RIVER, Mass. — A Revere woman who met Aaron Hernandez at a Boston club two nights before the Odin Lloyd killing testified Thursday that the former New England Patriots tight end made advances on her — acting pleasant and charming at first, but then...

HARTFORD — A Hartford Superior Court jury needed only an hour and 15 minutes Friday to find Angel Rivera guilty of two counts of murder, capital felony and conspiracy to commit murder for a New Year's Day 2011 double murder on Francis Avenue.Rivera's...